Congressman Hank Johnson questions EPA, EPD on chemical release

COVINGTON – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) sent letters to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state Environmental Protection Division (EPD) Wednesday demanding answers as to why his constituents in Covington were not informed about a dangerous chemical being released into the community's air and asking what the environmental protection agencies are doing to protect the people who live near the plant that is discharging the carcinogenic chemical.